Re: Horizontal shift

[Vicente Solsona]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:35:24 +0200, PMA <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> Hi List.
>
> I have a LilyPond score in which an arpeggiated chord tends to be  
> preceded by
> a rest.  And too often, the arpeggio glyph overlaps its preceding rest.
>
> How can I shift horizontally -- either the rest slightly leftwards, or  
> the arpeggio
> glyph itself ever-so-slightly rightwards?
>
> I tried "-\tweak #'X-offset #-1" just before "\arpeggio", but LilyPond  
> hated this.
>
> Have I overlooked something obvious?
> Thanks in advance!
> Pete

try something like this:

\once \override Arpeggio #'extra-offset = #'(-1 . 0)
<c e g>\arpeggio


greetings,

Vicente